Closure device for jars and other vessels.



' PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

- w. R. GREINBR.

CLOSURE DEVICE FOR JARS AND OTHER VESSBLS.

APPLICATION FILED m. so. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM RUDOLPH GREINER, OF MARLBORO, NEWV YORK.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1906.

Application filed August 30, 1905. Serial No. 276,339.

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RUDOLPH GREINER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Marlboro, in the county of Ulster and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ClosureDevices for Jars and other Vessels, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to closure devices for jars, bottles, and similarvessels; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of thisclass which is particularly adapted for closing fruit-jars and similarvessels, but which may also be employed for closing bottles such asbeer-bottles and other bottles designed for holding effervescent water.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the top partof an ordinary fruit jar provided with my improved closure device, andFig. 2 a perspective view of a part of the closure device.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a anordinary fruitjar provided with a neck a below the top of which is anannular bead or shoulder a and the top of said neck is provided with aninwardly-set and upwardly-directed annular flange or rim (1 which formsan annular shoulder a, on which is placed a packingring or gasket 5.

The cap or cover 0 is provided in the under side of the outer portionthereof with an annular groove 0 which receives .the flange or rim axwhen the cap or cover is in position, and outside of said groove is adepending annular portion 0 which rests on the packingring or gasket 1).The central top of the cap or cover 0 is also convex or raised, as shownin Fig. 1, and in the practice of my invention I provide a lockingattachment for securing the cap or cover 0 in place, which comprises astrong spring-clamp d, composed of a horizontal top portion (1 hinged atone end to a depending member (i provided at its outer end with a foldforming an eye d, through which is passed a binder-wire or similar device e, which is secured around the neck of the jar below the annularbead or shoulder a and the free end of the horizontal top portiondepending arm d having at its lower end an inwardly-directed hook orprojection d which when the spring-clamp d or the free end thereof isforced downwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, passes beneath the annular beador shoulder a of the neck of the jar and securely locks the cap or cover0 in position. The depending arm (1 of the spring-clamp d is alsopreferably provided at its lower end with an outwardly-directed fingerportion or handle-pieced by means of which the lower end of the arm 0Zmay be forced outwardly or pulled outwardly in the operation of openingthe jar, or, if desired, a knife-blade or similar device may be forcedbetween said arm and the neck of the jar in order to accomplish theopening thereof.

The spring-clamp dis made of any suitable spring material, and when thefree end thereof is forced downwardly the free end of the arm (1 or thehook d thereof bears on the side of the neck of the jar and exertsconsiderable pressure thereon, and when the free end of the spring-clampd is forced low enough the hook d springs into position beneaththeannular bead or shoulder a and the cap or cover 0 is securely lockedin place and is securely held and pressed on the packing-ring or gasketb, and the hook d can only be detached from the bead or shoulder a inthe manner herein described, and no amount of handling the jar willresult in the accidental disconnection of the said hook from the bead orshoulder a Although I have shown my improvement applied for the purposeof closing a jar, it will be apparent that a beer-bottle or similarvessel or a jug or similar vessel may be closed in the same manner, andfor this purpose it is not necessary to make the top of the neck of thevessel and the bottom of the cap or cover exactly of the form hereinshown and described, as all that is necessary is to provide a cap orcover which will fit the top of the vessel and betweenwhich and said topa packingring or gasket can be placed, and it will also be apparent thatin order to insure a perfect operation of my improved closure device thetop of the cap or cover should be formed in such manner that the centralportion of the part d of the spring-clamp d will rest thereon.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A jar or other vessel having a neck pro- IIO other end of which isprovided with a depending spring member adapted to engage said shoulder,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signedrnyname, in pres- 1 5 ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 28th d yOf August, 1905- WILLIAM RUDOLPH GREINER.

Witnesses:

OnARLEs A, HAnrsnoRN, JA S F, BENNETT.

